Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with DISTURBED singer David Draiman at a massive gathering on December 14 at the Key Club in Hollywood, California to help celebrate the life and music of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) as part of this year's Dimebash. You can now watch ...

A "metal" version of the traditional Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" by former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and 7 HORNS 7 EYES axeman Aaron Smith can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. Smith is producing Loomis's new solo album, which is currently being recorded for an early 2012 release via Century Media Records. The ...

Van Halen News Desk has uploaded a new video clip in which the members of VAN HALEN can be heard talking about their '70s club days when they were regularly playing clubs like Gazzarri's, the Whisky A Go Go and The Starwood on the Southern California bar cicuit. Check it out below. "The ...

COAL CHAMBER, the reformed '90s alt-metal band fronted by current DEVILDRIVER singer Dez Fafara, will play a series of shows in Mexico and South America in September 2012. As previously reported, COAL CHAMBER first reunion dates will take place in late February and early March as part of Australia's Soundwave Festival. When asked by Full ...

During the opening song of CHIMAIRA's "Chimaira Christmas" concert last night (Friday, December 30) at the House Of Blues in Cleveland, Ohio, CHIMAIRA guitarist Matt DeVries jumped off the drum riser and crashed into bassist Emil Werstler, who then bumped into singer Mark Hunter, knocking Mark down and spraining Hunter's ankle. As a result, Mark ...

Northern Fury has conducted an interview with vocalist Dolk of Norwegian old-school black metallers KAMPFAR when the performed in Portland, Oregon on September 7, 2011 as part of "The Black Path Of America Tour 2011" with VREID and NECRONOMICON. You can now watch the chat below. "The Black Path Of America Tour 2011" marked KAMPFAR's ...

Former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord, who revealed this past summer that he was fighting cancer, has released the following statement: "Happy New Year to all of you and thank you so much for your wonderful, kind and inspirational messages over these last few difficult months. I have been mightily sustained by reading them and ...

JON OLIVA'S PAIN, the Florida-based band led by SAVATAGE mastermind Jon Oliva, will play SAVATAGE's classic 1987 album, "Hall Of The Mountain King", in its entirety at the warm-up party for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place July 13-14, 2012 in Balingen, Germany. Joining JON OLIVA'S PAIN for the "Hall" 25th-anniversary ...

Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA have issued the following update: "The first couple of months of 2012 will see us hard at work on the recording of our ninth album, and if everything goes according to plan, the album will be out before summer. We're also busy on a double duty finishing up the 'Last Fair ...